Where to Watch Cape Fear
- Oʂɯαʅԃσ RσყҽƚƚMarch 25, 2026Martin Scorcese's filmography as director is one of the most accomplished in modern film history. While Cape Fear can't even hold a candle next to "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas", it is still a fabulous remake of the 1962 noir classic and it keeps the viewer on the edge right through until the closing credits.
- PapaHamzehJune 20, 2026This was a really strange movie. On the one hand, I liked the way it was shot. Set pieces were good, flow was good, and lots of good uses of lighting to make DeNiro scary. I also liked the dialogue. I thought that there wasn't much wasted dialogue, and the characters had some depth. Juliette Lewis was absolutely stunning in this. I was extremely impressed. She punched way above her weight class. Nick Nolte was also great, I always forget he wasn't a schlub actor. On the other hand, there were just some strange, strange choices. The strangest was DeNiro's accent. Its just incredibly jarring to listen to the entire movie, and frankly, makes him not scary at all at times. He often sounds like a LooneyToons character. Hell, he can still be from Georgia and not sound like a buffoon. Despite my earlier comment, there were some stranges choices to animate the sky towards the end of the movie, that also didn't make sense. I wish the book he had left Juliette was a bit more involved, otherwise it seems like some of that was chopped from the script and the whole thing as a whole should have been removed. All in all, good movie.
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Cape Fear was released on November 13, 1991.
Cape Fear was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Cape Fear has a runtime of 2h 8m.
Cape Fear was produced by Barbara De Fina.
Imprisoned for brutally assaulting a young girl, Max Cady spends his time in jail wisely - reading literature, sculpting his body to perfection and planning his violent revenge on the defence lawyer who put him behind bars. After serving his fourteen year sentence, Cady is released from prison and his rampage begins.
The key characters in Cape Fear are Max Cady (Robert De Niro), Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), Leigh Bowden (Jessica Lange).
Cape Fear is rated R.
Cape Fear is a Crime, Thriller, Drama film.
Cape Fear has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Cape Fear had a budget of $35M.
Cape Fear has made $182.3M at the box office.